The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-11-17
ES B BI4ISH5El:l;Dl 3; 1913
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

VI.
Z. 4.--In Mexico they, have special fun
eral cars over the horse car routes to
lhe cemeteries.
The Brazilian Government has
prompted meetings In favor CT the
abolition of'!slaverY. IS 4 ls.}
p --Berlin is the only large German
sclty that refuses to yelocipedists the
freedom Of the streets.
IA Japanese woman has discovered
mat l@oumatlsm Is caused by IL bug
that burrows under tho skin.
lfs.--On the Leg OF a dead pigeon re-
Gently found on the st. Lawrence
fiY river =, was was a silver pound, inscribed
Many Of the. principal street, IN the
central part of Paris are 'haviog their
1ormer stone pavements changed to
wooden ones. a s =,
-hnapp is rather small town in
Northern Wisconsin, but it will have
toboggan slide I mile long in opera
tion, next winter.
TO her litter Of three kittens u
Kansas cat added two young rabbits,
ana later three young raccoons. all OF
which she is nursing devotedly.
AT, the late Medical Congress in
Vienna all the doctors who spoke on
Cne subject were in favor Of crema-
oion is q way OF disposing or the dead.
= "A pair OF rubber hands have been
attached by q Newark IN. j. ] doctor.
70 the wrists OF young Walter Alexan-
ae., whose hands were cut Off by com,
ing ~ contact with the machinery of
the Belleville Rubber Works. f'%
"A largo pelican, with u bill as long
as q coal DEALER, was captured near
Crete. Nebraska, recently. IL meas.
ured SIX feet from tip to- tip OF wings,
I'VE feet from the tip Of its bilr to tic
UP OF its tail, anu weighed twelve
pounds. ~ ii assla
"A hive Of bees was found under a
cornlce that was being repaired re.
Gently on house in Salem, Massa.
chusetts, and after the ins. cts had
been smothered, a store Of honey.
amounting to tub and q half, was
secured. .r M t.s...
4 The discovery Of q wild cat In the
vicinity OF Quaker Bridge, West
chester County, New York, has relieved
some tramps Of suspicion that connec-
ted them with extensive disappearances
OF poultry belonging to farmers in the
neighborhood.
- young truckman OF New, York
fell asleep while fishing the other day,
ana IN that condition, arose, walked
overheard and was drowned, He yyas
given to somnambulism, ard is said
before to have had several marrow es.
capes from death.
An Intelligent horse is spoken Of In
the Lynn dassa saehusetts) Bee. It was
main ua sdss ahoe wi len stabbed for the
nlght, put next morning walked Off
OF its own will to the blacksmith ana
was waiting its turn to be shod when
found by the owner.
. Many Ohio farmers are said 70
nave been caught on promissory notes
winch they signed while supposing thev
were only putting their names 10
pledges presented by sad-lookinp
man, binding him not to kill any sony
birds for year.
"A new treatment for consumption
IS being prescribed by old settlers on
tho snake-ridden Shawangunk Moun-
tain. in New York, CONSISTING In tha
patient cutting Off the head or
;,'rrattler" and eating what IS called
the heart" Of the reptile.
Miss Phoebe Couzins, it is an
aounced from ST. Louis, has been an
pointed United States Marshal for that
District. She is daughter of the de-
ceased Marshal, and is said to have di-
rected the executive affairs Of the Office
Tor some time past. !.
"A shower Of stones ratified against
2 house In sumpter County, Georgia,
one night last NJ; Is stated. as
though at regular intervals. It.k
mysterious fusilade has been repeated.
even IN the presence Of neighbors. No
explanation has yet been found,
while In Buffalo, consulting an
emlnent surgeon7as to what should be-
done about having his teeth. out "a false
SET that he declared he had swallowed)
q Jamestown (N. W man received y
uespatch stating that his teeth had
Deenfound whore he had unconsciouslv
dropped them.
--The inspection of meat in Berlin
IS very important matter. Twelve
veterinary surgeons are employed ia
stamp 1T before slaughter, 0nd forty
samplers are contjnually
engaged In examining the meat ex.
posed Tor sale. Besides these 100 ex.
oerts are employed in various duties.
'wenty-slx Of whom. arc womon.
The wife OF q Nevada, Missouri.
nan had ten young chickens. Ono
lay at noon a hawk pounced down
lpon them and carried Off one, but did
'ot4 go far before lot Of crows cot
'tter him. The next night at roostlng
ime the lost chicken came home. Il
I'll bears the marks of the hawk. but
$ otherwise all right.
"A A. Maine woman, who takes pleas.
ire IN her poultry, has adopted Il sim
ne put excellent method or keeping her
at home. She ties q small
orn co6 TO ono leg, allowing it to dan
ne at a distance Of about six, inches.
me fowl can scratch and get avouc
Win ease. but, 1T Is said, will not at.
empt to fly over palings or squcezs
trough q crack. IS ,5 4iS.,
!. = "A new low that went into torco
eptember 15 throughout Prussia TO-.
ulres all Keepers OF restaurants at rail
,ay stations OF the third and fourth
lass to provide q lcup of good, hot
onee, without milk or sugar, for s
i!eenlnigs !enln (about II cents in our
1oney}, anu the same with milk and
lgar for double the price.
Tho jailer of the Pueblo county
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